Yes of course producing is not equal to directing, however if you read interviews with Raimi (even glance over the wikipedia page on LotS for instance) you'll see that he has played a large role in the show (in many aspects--from the business end obviously as executive producer, but also down to plot decisions etc) from the creation stage on.
I also do agree that it's not horrible... I mean, as a fan of the books, I feel somewhat betrayed, but if you can get past the canon-rape and just view it as a generic fantasy tv series, it's entertaining. Thus my "Make of THAT what you will"
Given that in RingTFA, it also specifically said they planned to return it within 30 days, it literally IS only $99. For them.
I was therefore eligible for the $99 iPhone. What's more, AT&T has a clause in their contract where you can opt out within 30 days without paying the early termination fee. So, an iPhone would be cheaper than a dedicated GPS device (most of which don't play music), and I could return it when we were done.
Do people really buy in to the BS about an Iphone being $99? IT's only $99 if you sign your soul away for 2 years. The mobile carriers here are so fortunate to have an ignorant populace that is eager to go through the mental gymnastics required to truly believe that their iphone only costed $99.
What set the rant off -- like I said, elitist prick hyperbole:)
God, that is such an elitist prick attitude. Those stupid sheeple don't understand what a "2 year contract" is--really?? Do you REALLY think that people would be so much happier paying $600-$700/etc for an iphone and lower monthlies? Just because you have a philosophical / ideological / whatever objection to signing a business contract doesn't mean that everybody who chooses to do so is an idiot...
How much lower would the monthlies be? Single line iphone is what--$70/mon for 2 years at minimum? A new iphone 3gs without a contract is I believe around $600? So, if you pay for that over 2 years, you get $25 a month...monthlies would be down to $45/month. So where exactly is the ripoff? Is it a ripoff to pay $70/month for minutes and unlimited data? Is $45/month for the same thing a ripoff?
Yes of course the imacs are desktops, and they're not bad computers--we've got a couple at work. Even so, you start with I believe $1200 for the minimum. The PCs we buy with similar specs are several hundred cheaper (maybe 600-700 on average?). That sub-$1000 price point is a BIG one, especially for businesses.
Perhaps my biggest issue with the imacs is user serviceability. Last time I had a power supply go dead in one, it was going to be like $200 to replace it--$200 to fix a $1200 machine? Additionally, we do color work and the general feeling seems to be that the imacs are not that fantastic for color reproduction. If for whatever reason something about the imac doesn't work for you -- form factor/size, monitor quality, glossy, specs, whatever--you're screwed. Go pay for a mac pro.
On the personal side, while I absolutely love my mbp, I maintain a vista desktop at home. It's mostly a htpc. Mac mini is really not powerful enough for my usage, imac is out of the question, and so for a desktop at home, my first choice is 2k+ mac pro. That sucks. i would buy a mac mini tower or something along those lines in a heartbeat if it was $1000.
This is one of those things that really does make me pause and give some credence to those who say apple doesn't care about businesses.
That's not a troll at all...look at the mac product line. For desktop computers you get the choice of a mac mini or a mac pro. For an integrated desktop you have the imac.
You don't see a problem with there being NOTHING in between a mac mini and a mac pro?
Playing life is just as pointless as playing WoW. They are both treadmills and neither mater when all is said and done. However, life is 10000x more boring then WoW could ever be.
The only thing that changed is that I ceased to buy them. Mostly because it happened too often that I paid 50 bucks for something that I can only use as a nicely decorated coaster because the DRM won't work with my drive [etc, snip]
If you're going to make statements like that--that the video game developers drove you to stop buying video games because of not just one--but a NUMBER--of games that wouldn't work on your computer, allegedly because of DRM, etc, yeah, I think you should be able to back that statement up by naming at least ONE game.
Otherwise your point is pretty much nonexistent and you just sound kinda silly...
I can't totally agree... I think Quark 4.5 was a really great product. Every release since then has gotten bigger and more bloated and slower and added very few (if any) new features, while keeping bugs--the basic quark XTags (their own little markup language) parser in Quark7 crashes if it hits several kinds of malformed tag for instance--Quark 4.5 handled these errors without crashing. That's the kind of sucktitude I'm talking about. In Quark8 they decided to pull a Office2k7 and redesign the UI...just what we needed.
We'd certainly consider switching to Indesign which gets better reviews, but our workflow works really damn well right now. It would take a lot of time and money to overhaul it and get back to where we currently are.
Yes, there is sheepshaver and I did give it a try awhile ago, though perhaps I should try again. Worth looking into. Thanks for the tip.
Quark7 is a universal binary, as are the XTensions. They're written in LISP actually--kinda neat. From talking to the developer, the issue lies with architectural changes within quark that makes the XT run slower (can't vouch for this). The XTension takes marked up text and creates processed pages complete with columns, images, and footnotes, etc, optimizing line spacing, character spacing, space around heads, etc to make visually appealing pages. The part that is so much slower now is after the XTension (which communicates with a remote server) performs all the calculations, when quark goes page by page and redraws each one.
The only improvement in Quark since 4.5 that we actually make use of is having multiple undos:) There's still no "search backwards" feature!!
The mapping app didn't seem to understand I was going North on an interstate (when it wanted me to go south) and besides being very confused by this, wanted me to do a interstate uturn. Yeah, I got what it was saying, but between that and it randomly flipping me off a main road onto side roads at times, I just don't have much faith in it as a quality app...
It stems from the fact that you went from "it didn't work for me" to conclude, presenting it as fact, that it was because Apple doesn't want people making their own ringtones.
If you go back and actually read my post, it started with "AFAIK" and preceded the statement about Apple not wanting people making their own ringtones with "my understanding." Given that I *wasn't* sure I ouched it in exactly those terms... Yeah, I was absolutely wrong, I totally admit that, but it didn't just come out of thin air--the blog/forum I can't remember which that recommended trying Apple lossless suggested the same thing.
I wonder if most iPhone users are on mac or not? I can tell you that with my parents (who just got iphnes as well), they were clueless as to how to make ringtones, and never would have been able to figure out (or correctly create) ringtones without my assistance. I never would have thought of using Garageband (which I actually deleted off my laptop) to make a ringtone...itunes is the logical place. Again, you're absolutely right that it's possible to create ringtones, but I do think my original point--that apple makes it a PITA to make ringtones, remains true...after all, why not be allowed to use any mp3/aac on the phone or easily make one in itunes? It's about the money...
Well, we're down to only having 3 computers that solely run OS9, and more that still run apps in classic though.
We use Quark Xpress 4.5 and a particular set of XTensions. Quark's upgrade path, to put it bluntly, sucks. Quark5 and 6 were IMHO utterly useless and Quark 7 is basically "as good as" Quark 4.5 in my book. We do use quark7 but the problem is that Quark7+the extensions we need run far SLOWER on the quadcore macs than on 800mhz g4s/g5s etc. Sad. Has nothing to do with the merits of OS9 versus OSX, it's just because the newer versions of the apps we need and use on a daily basis, well, suck.
The writing is on the wall though, we're one or two hardware failures away from being Os9/classic free.
Ok, so the short answer is "no" -- you can't list any of the software/games that couldn't run with your cd-rom, vmware, etc (except for Fallout 3 which I'm dubious about)?
I'm curious about Fallout -- I have fallout 3 installed on a vista computer with daemon tools installed. Fallout 3 runs fine, with no complaints. I can't remember for sure if daemon tools was installed when I *installed* fallout 3 (I think daemon tools was already installed), but it definitely does run fine currently.
Really? could you list some of the games you played that had DRM that wouldn't work on your machine? Or that "didn't like" the software on your machine?
You watch, when it doesn't sell the kinda numbers they expected because they burnt the LANers they will STILL blame piracy!
Ok, how about we reevaluate this quote in a year (maybe 2 -- it's Blizzard after all) and then we see who is right and who is wrong?
To clarify -- do you REALLY think SC2 is going to "bomb" because they cut lan play?
And something to wonder about...have you ever send files between AIM clients while connected on a LAN? Did you notice anything--for instance how fast it is? Just curious...
I will say that when you have 4 people playing some wii games, it's really fun and a great group experience.
However, (and maybe it's just me) this virtually never happens. The first christmas after getting a wii was fun, and everyone loves being introduced to it. But I feel it really gets old--fast. ESPECIALLY the kind of games that are fun for multiple people. I will say I really liked Mario galaxy, and Mario Kart was fun too (though imho not as fun as previous incarnations). Now, I don't think I've turned on my wii in at least 6 months.
~shrug~
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Sorry, I'm not understanding from where your confusion stems.
The first thing I tried to do after getting the iphone 3gs was to make a ringtone. I tried with AAC as numerous forums/blogs/etc mentioned--it did not work. I tried with apple lossless as other posts suggested if the first method didn't work. That worked. Does that make sense?
I just tried again with several different files...oddity upon oddity, aac method worked fine on all except for the first file I had tried which simply does not import into itunes after converted to aac and changed to m4r. So it appears I was more or less wrong--AAC _does_ still work (at least most of the time). The file that fails as a aac ringtone is an ogg file before conversion...I wonder if that could be an issue.
Odd, when i got the 3gs one of the first things I tried was to make a ring tone, and it didn't work (the mthod above) until I switched to apple lossless. Perhaps I did something differently, I'll try again tomorrow.
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Forget any connections to the book and look at it as a kind of generic pulp fantasy serial and it's not as bad. Entertaining even.
I think Spence tends to sound like fozzy bear..
Yes, that was some inspired casting, I agree.
Yes of course producing is not equal to directing, however if you read interviews with Raimi (even glance over the wikipedia page on LotS for instance) you'll see that he has played a large role in the show (in many aspects--from the business end obviously as executive producer, but also down to plot decisions etc) from the creation stage on.
I also do agree that it's not horrible... I mean, as a fan of the books, I feel somewhat betrayed, but if you can get past the canon-rape and just view it as a generic fantasy tv series, it's entertaining. Thus my "Make of THAT what you will"
Raimi also produces the Legend of the Seeker tv series. Make of THAT what you will!
Given that in RingTFA, it also specifically said they planned to return it within 30 days, it literally IS only $99. For them.
I was therefore eligible for the $99 iPhone. What's more, AT&T has a clause in their contract where you can opt out within 30 days without paying the early termination fee. So, an iPhone would be cheaper than a dedicated GPS device (most of which don't play music), and I could return it when we were done.
Do people really buy in to the BS about an Iphone being $99? IT's only $99 if you sign your soul away for 2 years. The mobile carriers here are so fortunate to have an ignorant populace that is eager to go through the mental gymnastics required to truly believe that their iphone only costed $99.
What set the rant off -- like I said, elitist prick hyperbole :)
God, that is such an elitist prick attitude. Those stupid sheeple don't understand what a "2 year contract" is--really?? Do you REALLY think that people would be so much happier paying $600-$700/etc for an iphone and lower monthlies? Just because you have a philosophical / ideological / whatever objection to signing a business contract doesn't mean that everybody who chooses to do so is an idiot...
How much lower would the monthlies be? Single line iphone is what--$70/mon for 2 years at minimum? A new iphone 3gs without a contract is I believe around $600? So, if you pay for that over 2 years, you get $25 a month...monthlies would be down to $45/month. So where exactly is the ripoff? Is it a ripoff to pay $70/month for minutes and unlimited data? Is $45/month for the same thing a ripoff?
Yes of course the imacs are desktops, and they're not bad computers--we've got a couple at work. Even so, you start with I believe $1200 for the minimum. The PCs we buy with similar specs are several hundred cheaper (maybe 600-700 on average?). That sub-$1000 price point is a BIG one, especially for businesses.
Perhaps my biggest issue with the imacs is user serviceability. Last time I had a power supply go dead in one, it was going to be like $200 to replace it--$200 to fix a $1200 machine? Additionally, we do color work and the general feeling seems to be that the imacs are not that fantastic for color reproduction. If for whatever reason something about the imac doesn't work for you -- form factor/size, monitor quality, glossy, specs, whatever--you're screwed. Go pay for a mac pro.
On the personal side, while I absolutely love my mbp, I maintain a vista desktop at home. It's mostly a htpc. Mac mini is really not powerful enough for my usage, imac is out of the question, and so for a desktop at home, my first choice is 2k+ mac pro. That sucks. i would buy a mac mini tower or something along those lines in a heartbeat if it was $1000.
This is one of those things that really does make me pause and give some credence to those who say apple doesn't care about businesses.
That's not a troll at all...look at the mac product line. For desktop computers you get the choice of a mac mini or a mac pro. For an integrated desktop you have the imac.
You don't see a problem with there being NOTHING in between a mac mini and a mac pro?
Playing life is just as pointless as playing WoW. They are both treadmills and neither mater when all is said and done. However, life is 10000x more boring then WoW could ever be.
I think this is why many people are religious :-P
Let me quote you:
The only thing that changed is that I ceased to buy them. Mostly because it happened too often that I paid 50 bucks for something that I can only use as a nicely decorated coaster because the DRM won't work with my drive [etc, snip]
If you're going to make statements like that--that the video game developers drove you to stop buying video games because of not just one--but a NUMBER--of games that wouldn't work on your computer, allegedly because of DRM, etc, yeah, I think you should be able to back that statement up by naming at least ONE game.
Otherwise your point is pretty much nonexistent and you just sound kinda silly...
Hey, rereading this post, I just wanted to make clear that you are right -- I shouldn't have posted unsubstantiated claims -- point taken!
I can't totally agree... I think Quark 4.5 was a really great product. Every release since then has gotten bigger and more bloated and slower and added very few (if any) new features, while keeping bugs--the basic quark XTags (their own little markup language) parser in Quark7 crashes if it hits several kinds of malformed tag for instance--Quark 4.5 handled these errors without crashing. That's the kind of sucktitude I'm talking about. In Quark8 they decided to pull a Office2k7 and redesign the UI...just what we needed.
We'd certainly consider switching to Indesign which gets better reviews, but our workflow works really damn well right now. It would take a lot of time and money to overhaul it and get back to where we currently are.
Yes, there is sheepshaver and I did give it a try awhile ago, though perhaps I should try again. Worth looking into. Thanks for the tip.
Quark7 is a universal binary, as are the XTensions. They're written in LISP actually--kinda neat. From talking to the developer, the issue lies with architectural changes within quark that makes the XT run slower (can't vouch for this). The XTension takes marked up text and creates processed pages complete with columns, images, and footnotes, etc, optimizing line spacing, character spacing, space around heads, etc to make visually appealing pages. The part that is so much slower now is after the XTension (which communicates with a remote server) performs all the calculations, when quark goes page by page and redraws each one.
The only improvement in Quark since 4.5 that we actually make use of is having multiple undos :) There's still no "search backwards" feature!!
The mapping app didn't seem to understand I was going North on an interstate (when it wanted me to go south) and besides being very confused by this, wanted me to do a interstate uturn. Yeah, I got what it was saying, but between that and it randomly flipping me off a main road onto side roads at times, I just don't have much faith in it as a quality app...
It stems from the fact that you went from "it didn't work for me" to conclude, presenting it as fact, that it was because Apple doesn't want people making their own ringtones.
If you go back and actually read my post, it started with "AFAIK" and preceded the statement about Apple not wanting people making their own ringtones with "my understanding." Given that I *wasn't* sure I ouched it in exactly those terms... Yeah, I was absolutely wrong, I totally admit that, but it didn't just come out of thin air--the blog/forum I can't remember which that recommended trying Apple lossless suggested the same thing.
I wonder if most iPhone users are on mac or not? I can tell you that with my parents (who just got iphnes as well), they were clueless as to how to make ringtones, and never would have been able to figure out (or correctly create) ringtones without my assistance. I never would have thought of using Garageband (which I actually deleted off my laptop) to make a ringtone...itunes is the logical place. Again, you're absolutely right that it's possible to create ringtones, but I do think my original point--that apple makes it a PITA to make ringtones, remains true...after all, why not be allowed to use any mp3/aac on the phone or easily make one in itunes? It's about the money...
We do at my office (publishing)
Well, we're down to only having 3 computers that solely run OS9, and more that still run apps in classic though.
We use Quark Xpress 4.5 and a particular set of XTensions. Quark's upgrade path, to put it bluntly, sucks. Quark5 and 6 were IMHO utterly useless and Quark 7 is basically "as good as" Quark 4.5 in my book. We do use quark7 but the problem is that Quark7+the extensions we need run far SLOWER on the quadcore macs than on 800mhz g4s/g5s etc. Sad. Has nothing to do with the merits of OS9 versus OSX, it's just because the newer versions of the apps we need and use on a daily basis, well, suck.
The writing is on the wall though, we're one or two hardware failures away from being Os9/classic free.
Ok, so the short answer is "no" -- you can't list any of the software/games that couldn't run with your cd-rom, vmware, etc (except for Fallout 3 which I'm dubious about)?
I'm curious about Fallout -- I have fallout 3 installed on a vista computer with daemon tools installed. Fallout 3 runs fine, with no complaints. I can't remember for sure if daemon tools was installed when I *installed* fallout 3 (I think daemon tools was already installed), but it definitely does run fine currently.
Completely agreed...the gps navigation feature of the iphone has been the one real disappointment I've had with it. Useless IMHO.
I'm sticking with my Garmin for now...
Really? could you list some of the games you played that had DRM that wouldn't work on your machine? Or that "didn't like" the software on your machine?
You watch, when it doesn't sell the kinda numbers they expected because they burnt the LANers they will STILL blame piracy!
Ok, how about we reevaluate this quote in a year (maybe 2 -- it's Blizzard after all) and then we see who is right and who is wrong?
To clarify -- do you REALLY think SC2 is going to "bomb" because they cut lan play?
And something to wonder about...have you ever send files between AIM clients while connected on a LAN? Did you notice anything--for instance how fast it is? Just curious...
Heh, I have to more or less agree!
I will say that when you have 4 people playing some wii games, it's really fun and a great group experience.
However, (and maybe it's just me) this virtually never happens. The first christmas after getting a wii was fun, and everyone loves being introduced to it. But I feel it really gets old--fast. ESPECIALLY the kind of games that are fun for multiple people. I will say I really liked Mario galaxy, and Mario Kart was fun too (though imho not as fun as previous incarnations). Now, I don't think I've turned on my wii in at least 6 months.
~shrug~
Sorry, I'm not understanding from where your confusion stems.
The first thing I tried to do after getting the iphone 3gs was to make a ringtone. I tried with AAC as numerous forums/blogs/etc mentioned--it did not work. I tried with apple lossless as other posts suggested if the first method didn't work. That worked. Does that make sense?
I just tried again with several different files...oddity upon oddity, aac method worked fine on all except for the first file I had tried which simply does not import into itunes after converted to aac and changed to m4r. So it appears I was more or less wrong--AAC _does_ still work (at least most of the time). The file that fails as a aac ringtone is an ogg file before conversion...I wonder if that could be an issue.
And also, FWIW, have no idea if this is trustworthy or not... http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19512_7-10115290-233.html
Odd, when i got the 3gs one of the first things I tried was to make a ring tone, and it didn't work (the mthod above) until I switched to apple lossless. Perhaps I did something differently, I'll try again tomorrow.